linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add LZO1X compression support to the kernel

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Date:	Sun, 13 May 2007 15:06:34 +0200
From:	Jindrich Makovicka <makovick@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: [PATCH] Add LZO1X compression support to the kernel

On Fri, 11 May 2007 22:48:15 +0200
devzero@....de wrote:

> >Why is this needed?  What code plans to use it?
> 
> it`s pretty useful because it`s and a damn fast and damn cpu friendly
> compression alorithm.
> 
> afaik, there is already a least one linux kernel-feature (under
> development) which is using lzo compression: see compressed caching
> project at http://linux-mm.org/CompressedCaching &
> http://linuxcompressed.sourceforge.net/

Reiser4.1 (still in development) uses LZO compression too and it brings
a significant boost on dual core machines.

-- 
Jindrich Makovicka

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